Metaphysics : constructing a world view /
William Hasker.
- Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, c1983.
- 132 p. ; pbk ; 21 cm.
- Contours of Christian philosophy .
Bibliography: p. [130]-132.
1. Introducing metaphysics: Metaphysical questions -- Answering metaphysical questions -- Evaluating metaphysical theories -- 2. Freedom and necessity: Are we really free? -- Compatibilism: a way out? -- Determinism: arguments and objections -- Free will: arguments and objections -- Freedom, necessity and God -- 3. Minds and bodies: The mystery of mind and body -- Avoiding the problem: behaviorism and idealism -- Dualism -- Materialism -- Emergentism -- Eternal life: immortality or resurrection? -- 4. The World: What is the real nature of the world? -- The idealist rejection of realism -- The scientific critique of realism -- Consequences of scientific realism -- The origin of the world -- 5. God and the world: God and metaphysics -- Naturalism: the world without God -- Pantheism: God as identical with the world -- Panentheism: God as including the world -- Theism: God as Creator of the world -- Epilog: a Christian metaphysic?.